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Confer vs Donate - What's the difference?

confer | donate |

As verbs the difference between confer and donate

is that confer is (obsolete|intransitive) to compare while donate is to make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

confer

English

Verb

(conferr)
  • (obsolete) To compare.
  • * 1557 (book title):
    • The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations.
  • *, II.3.1.i:
    • Confer thine estate with others […]. Be content and rest satisfied, for thou art well in respect to others […].
  • * Boyle
    • If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion.
  • To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate.
  • * 1974 , "A Traveler's Perils", Time , 25 Mar 1974:
    • Local buttons popped when Henry Kissinger visited Little Rock last month to confer with Fulbright on the Middle East oil talks.
  • (obsolete) To bring together; to collect, gather.
  • To grant as a possession; to bestow.
  • * Milton
    • the public marks of honour and reward conferred upon me
  • * 2010 , Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer , 7 Feb 2010:
    • The special immunities that are conferred on MPs were framed with the essential purpose of allowing them to speak freely in parliament.
  • (obsolete) To contribute; to conduce.
  • * Glanvill
    • The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union.

    Related terms

    * conference

    See also

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    donate

    English

    Verb

    (donat)
  • To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
    • She donates 100 dollars to Red Crescent every year.
    He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.

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